LESSON 1 AVATARS 1.fancy clothes 花哨的衣服 2.identity card 身份证 3.regardless of age or sex 无论年龄或性别 4.a sensible person 一个明智的人 5.update the blog 更新博客 6.change your hairstyle 改变你的发型 7.in virtual worlds 在虚拟世界中 1.image n.图像；形象 Attempts have been made to improve the public image of the company， but they turn out to be useless. 为改善公司的公众形象已经做了很多努力，但结果都是徒劳的。 2.trick vt.欺骗，诱骗，哄骗 He understood what the wise old man wanted to teach him， that is， when we are struggling to succeed， we should never play tricks to cheat ourselves.他明白那位聪明的老人想教他什么，那就是，当我们在努力取得成功的时候，我们绝不能耍花招欺骗自己。 3.nowadays adv.现今，现时 The sentence suggests a common phenomenon： many teenagers care more about their phones than their friends nowadays.这句话揭示了一个普遍现象：现在许多青少年关心手机胜过关心朋友。 （现象介绍） 4.cheat vt.欺骗；欺诈 Then she wondered，“Does winning mean so much to me that I’d be willing to cheat for it？” 然后她想，“获胜对我来说如此重要，以至于我愿意为此作弊吗？” （心理描写） 5.view vt.看，把……视为n.风景；视野；观点；见解 When we reached the top of the hill，a magnificent view of the sea greeted us. 当我们到达山顶时，我们看到了一片壮丽的海景。 （环境描写） 1.experiment vi.& vt.做试验，进行实验n.实验 ①The researchers are repeating the experiment on rats. n.实验 ②We experimented until we succeeded in mixing the right colour. vi.做试验，进行实验 2.type vi.& vt. 打；打字n.类型，种类 ①Which type of tea do you prefer？ n.类型，种类 ②This will need to be typed out again. vt.打 1.variety n.多样化，变化→vary vi.变化；变动→various adj.各种各样的 2.creativity n.创造力；独创性→creative adj.有创造力的→create vt.创造；产生；制造 3.obviously adv.显而易见地，明显地→obvious adj.明显的；显而易见的 4.selection n.供选择的同类物品；选择→select vt.挑选；选择 5.concern n.担忧，忧虑 vt.与……有关；使担心→concerned adj.有关的；忧虑的→concerning prep.关于 1.as far as sb/sth be concerned 就某人/某物而言 2.a variety of/varieties of 各种各样的 3.view ...as ... 把……当作 4.instead of （是……）而不是……； （用……）而不用…… 5.say a lot about ... 在很大程度上表明 6.look forward to 期盼；盼望 1.句型公式：what引导名词性从句 教材原句：They also experiment with things like different hairstyles — which says a lot，perhaps，about what they want to look like. 人们还进行新的尝试，例如换上不同的发型，这可能从很大程度上透露了他们希望自己看起来是什么样子。 2.句型公式：so ...that ...如此……以至于…… 教材原句：Some users worry that they are spending so much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. 一些用户担心他们在虚拟世界中花费了太多时间，以至于开始害怕在现实世界中与人见面。 Ⅰ.单句语法填空 1.The three （select） presented above are typical examples. 2.It’s （obviously） that being addicted to smartphones does harm to our health. 3.Our government has taken （variety） ... ...
